"kpp@xxxxxxxxxx" <kpp@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I received a Watson 100 bulk film loader yesterday, that came with > no instruction manual but at unused condition, but by playing around > with it and after downloading the patent file, and partly reading > it, I figured out the in and outs, except these things Cool. I don't think I've actually loaded bulk film since somewhere around 1987, but maybe I remember some of it.... > 1. The crank has a lot of sideways room for movement. Granted it is > helpful to get the magazine off, but if pulled too much out will > miss the spool...is this common? (though turning it again the crank > will catch up I'm guessing at what "sideways" must mean, since there isn't any default orientation reall. Yes, if you pull it out while cranking, it stops pulling film. I've never had this happen by mistake or without noticing, and it doesn't affect the counting function, so it's a non-issue. > 2. the locking lever...hmm...with the cover everywhere in between > its end p[ositions will pop teh gate open...not fully, but just > enough. And i do not believe it helps to lock the gear stopping film > advance, is it? Nope, doesn't lock the gear that I remember. > 3. how safe are the two interconnecting surfaces of the body and > cover, that lock the film in between? I believe that they touch a > part of film that will be exposed to light anyway Yes. You can certainly scratch the film by pulling it through, and simply opening and closing the gate is likely to scratch the film actually caught in it -- but that film is, as you say, part of the leader at one end or the other, *not* a part you take pictures on. > 4. Am I correct that the frame counter is zeroed by turning it > clockwise or am i pushing things? By turning it, anyway; I wouldn't swear to the direction from memory. -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b@xxxxxxxx>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>
